About the Project

Latest News

Latest:

UNAIDS has recently discussed the relationship between HIV and human rights at the 7th Meeting of its Reference Group

The World Health Organization has published its report on the criminalization of HIV transmission

Ross Davies dissertation - A critical analysis of the right to health of failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants living with HIV and AIDS. Click here...

You can now listen to the presentations and discussion that took place at the June Seminar, Keele

The UK Law and HIV/AIDS Project is an initiative intended to provide a source of information for people interested in the impact of law on people living with HIV and AIDS, whether in an academic, professional or personal capacity.

Background to the ESRC funded seminar series
HIV/AIDS and Law: Theory, Practice and Policy - click here

Report on the Seminar Series can be downloaded here

The website is currently under construction, and more information is being added all the time. Comments, ideas and suggestions for information that could be included on the website are more than welcome, and should be sent to the Project facilitator, Dr Matthew Weait (see Contact).

Research Students

Matthew Weait is currently supervising two doctoral students, Robert James and Peter McTigue. Robert, whose research is funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award (Keele University and the National AIDS Trust) is undertaking research into the right to HIV treatment under the NHS. Peter is undertaking research into HIV as a disability.

Robert has been one of the investigators in the The haemophilia and HIV life history project